Sunday, June 14, 2015

Deploy a domain controller on Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines

Deploying a domain controller isn't a new thing in our work environment. Normally, we deploy it in on-premises environment. In this post, I won't list all the steps for deploying Active Directory Domain Services on a Microsoft Azure Virtual Machine but I will mention all things which is needed to mention.

Is it available to deploy a domain controller on Microsoft Azure environment?

Yes.

Why do you deploy a domain controller on Microsoft Azure?

You might use Microsoft Azure for your branch office deployment. One of my projects was deployed domain controllers in world wide so I think I can apply this scenario to work with Microsoft Azure.

To deploy a domain controller on Microsoft Azure, we need notice the following things:

1. Create a virtual network and then assign IP address and DNS servers for virtual machines on Microsoft Azure

Many of you know that we need to assign a fix IP address and DNS Server for every domain controller. Even though deploy a domain controller on Microsoft Azure, we also need to assign a fix IP address and DNS server to a server. To assign a fix IP address to a virtual machine on Microsoft Azure, we need to create a virtual network first. To create a virtual network and then assign IP address and DNS Server for Azure Virtual Machines, please read: